EAFP vs LBYL (was Re: A little disappointed so far)

[Asun Friere]

Robin Becker <robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:<Qr6V9KAUCfy+EwhH at jessikat.demon.co.uk>...

> well I hope you're not flying with engineering like
> 
> try:
>         igniteKerosene()
> except ExplosionError:
>         handleExplosionCase()
> 
> :)

As long as the engineers actually have some way of handling the
explosion, what's the problem. :p
 
BTW, there's this neat device called the 'internal combustion engine'
which  ... ;)